January 3, 2012 Diet Blog

It was a crazy day at work. Playing catch up after the Holidays is always tough, but half the staff was out ill too. The supervisor went home sick. The clients poured in like a "people waterfall." I bounced back and forth from my department which is swamped because there were just the two of us, and the front desk, which was also down a person. Not one department was complete except maybe the record room but they are one short anyway since one got fired.
I got an interesting compliment today. The second lawyer in the court division of our office told me that I seemed so happy.he added that I was always happy but today in particular. Then she said that I was actually glowing. It's true. I feel it. I let go of something... I gave it to HIM. I no longer have to worry about it. Funny huh?
I do find that Laughter is the best medicine- no pun intended. Today I wrote a funny poem- like a 'gotcha' "there was a man from Nantuket" kind of thing but clean obviously. An old friend from High School that resides in PA is pretty sick. He's had two surgeries and may need a possible third. He's stuck home in bed- and not being the kind that's lazy, he got up and worked out on his heavy bag like an idiot. Needless to say- the bag won.... anyway, I'd sent him a Get Well card and he was very happy to have gotten it. I couldn't help myself- the poem just came to me and so I wrote it and sent it off as a "Connie Original" get well card LOL. He'll laugh. Actually I wrote two. I sent him the one that would make me seem the least crazy. ;-) I love knowing that it'll brighten his day when it gets there. He'll think I'm looney...but hey! Isn't that just a given?!
I ran into my searcher BFF from the vault. She and I talked about just letting things happen and not to sweat it so much because the only thing that does is make things worse and let's face it...whatever is happening doesn't get better or go away faster or even at all if you worry about it. Seriously, it's like the universe is "on the same page" as me. I feel good realizing that. I've realized it before, make no mistake. I just feel lighter this time. Like something in me "moved" or something. I feel positive.
Work went well. I have to admit that I had no breakfast. In truth, I just wasn't hungry until about noon. Because of the staff issues my lunch hour was at one. So when it came I was hungry. In the middle of my lunch, my friend covering the front desk got overwhelmed and so I jumped into help her. She protested momentarily but really she was drowning so she knew I had to be there. She profusely thanked me after the up surge of phone calls tapered off enough for her to handle. I ate the rest of my lunch.
I had 4 oz. chicken breast with cucumbers and tangerine slices at lunch. Pretty much a whole cucumber sliced just so you know. Dinner was a lovely green salad with the sauteed onions and 4oz tenderloin again. An apple finished the job at 8pm as a late snack and I was completely satisfied.
I will mention that I had a little headache for the first few hours of the day- that's normal on the third day of a diet for me. My body is detoxing I think because of my bathroom experiences. Without getting gross, it's changing...and its "always darkest before the dawn." You may experience that too if your food intake was as haphazard as mine was over the entire holiday season.
With this good feeling surging through me and white light surrounding me I move forward from here...one day at a time...one step at a time. Come on! Let's DO this thing... See you next blog.